"Angry" McCain refers to Hispanics as "You People"


	"Angry" McCain refers to Hispanics as "You People"

BobbyRutan

4-5-2009 12:29 PM

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BobbyRutan says:

McCain has lost his temper over the issue of immigration reform before. In 2007, during a private meeting on the issue, a heated McCain told Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), “f*** you.”

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4-5-2009 2:34 PM

kkcapricorn

What a jerk

4-17-2009 11:20 PM

Anomaly100

Stupido! (Alright, I'm not Hispanic, but I had to.)

4-22-2009 8:24 PM

zizzy

Anomaly100

- not stupido - pendejo (stupid, dumbass) as in:

The meeting to reach out to Hispanics was doomed to fail when a pendejo scheduled it in a room named after a virulent racist.

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